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Senegal - Disaster Statistics

Data related to human and economic losses from disasters that have occurred between 1982 and 2008.

Please see also Risk profile

Natural Disasters from 1982 - 2008


Overview

No of events: 32
No of people killed: 1,437
Average killed per year: 53
No of people affected: 2,219,111
Average affected per year: 82,189
Ecomomic Damage (US$ X 1,000): 42,385
Ecomomic Damage per year (US$ X 1,000): 1,570


Natural Disaster Occurence Reported



Average Disaster Per Year

Drought: 0.07
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 0.33
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 0.48
Insect infestation: 0.19
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 0.11
Wildfire: ...




Top 10 Natural Disasters Reported


Affected People

Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 1982 1,200,000
Flood 1998 300,000
Drought 2002 284,000
Flood 2002 179,000
Storm 1999 95,853
Flood 2005 50,000
Epidemic 2005 23,022
Flood 1994 17,500
Flood 1988 10,000
Flood 2008 9,980

Killed People

Disaster Date Killed (no. of people)
Epidemic 1998 372
Epidemic 2005 303
Epidemic 1985 300
Epidemic 1995 188
Storm 1999 165
Flood 2002 28
Storm 1999 22
Epidemic 2007 16
Epidemic 2002 11
Flood 2003 8

Economic Damages

Disaster Date Cost (US$ X 1,000)
Flood 2002 40,979
Flood 1983 1,406
Drought 1982 0
Epidemic 1984 0
Flood 1985 0
Epidemic 1985 0
Insect infestation 1986 0
Insect infestation 1987 0
Insect infestation 1988 0
Insect infestation 1988 0



Statistics Per Event


Killed People

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 133.67
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 3.46
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 63.00
Wildfire: ...

Affected People

Drought: 742,000.00
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: 3,969.89
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 46,348.38
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: 32,284.33
Wildfire: ...

Economic Damages

Drought: ...
Earthquake*: ...
Epidemic: ...
Extreme temp: ...
Flood: 3,260.38
Insect infestation: ...
Mass mov. dry: ...
Mass mov. wet: ...
Volcano: ...
Storm: ...
Wildfire: ...


Statistics By Disasters Type





*: Including tsunami


More information and data on: www.emdat.be/

Source of data: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Bel."
Data version: v11.08

Data displayed does not imply national endorsement